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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] netxen: make 64 bit stats safe on 32 bit
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:50:57 +0200
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Le lundi 20 juin 2011 =C3=A0 13:35 -0700, Stephen Hemminger a =C3=A9cri=
t :
> pi=C3=A8ce jointe document texte brut (netxen-stats-sync.patch)
> Use stats_update wrapper to avoid problems where 64 bit statistic upd=
ate
> is not atomic on 32 bit platform.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
>=20

Same remark than ifb : You need to be careful not having two different
cpus doing an u64_stats_update_begin(one_syncp);

(Separate rx & tx)